Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

To set free, release or discharge from an obligation, duty, liability, burden, or from an accusation or charge.

The jury acquitted the prisoner of the charge.

acquit(Verb)

To pay for; to atone for

acquit(Verb)

To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite, to fulfill.

acquit(Verb)

To clear one's self.

acquit(Verb)

To bear or conduct one's self; to perform one's part.

acquit(Verb)

To release, set free, rescue.

Origin: From aquiten, from aquiter, equivalent to . See quit, and compare acquiet.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

Acquit

acquitted; set free; rid of

Acquit(verb)

to discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite

Acquit(verb)

to pay for; to atone for

Acquit(verb)

to set free, release or discharge from an obligation, duty, liability, burden, or from an accusation or charge; -- now followed by of before the charge, formerly by from; as, the jury acquitted the prisoner; we acquit a man of evil intentions

Acquit(verb)

to clear one's self

Acquit(verb)

to bear or conduct one's self; to perform one's part; as, the soldier acquitted himself well in battle; the orator acquitted himself very poorly

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

Acquit

ak-kwit′, v.t. to free: to release: to settle, as a debt: to behave or conduct (one's self): to declare innocent (with of before the thing of which acquitted):—pr.p.acquit′ting; pa.p.acquit′ted.—ns.Acquit′tal, a judicial discharge from an accusation; Acquit′tance, a discharge from an obligation or debt: a receipt in evidence of such a discharge.—v.t. (Shak.), to acquit, clear. [O. Fr. acquiter—L. ad, to, quietāre, to give rest. See Quit.]

Numerology

Chaldean Numerology

The numerical value of Acquit in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

Pythagorean Numerology

The numerical value of Acquit in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Acquit in a Sentence

I saw somebody who was very angry, who was very nervous, and I saw rage that a lot of people said,' well of course you're going to see rage he's being falsely accused,' but it is at all times you're to acquit yourself with a demeanor that's becoming of Supreme Court.